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Destination information – Meliá Alicante

A CITY FOR TOURISM AND SERVICES

Alicante is a Spanish city located on the Mediterranean coast. It has an arid Mediterranean climate, with mild temperatures all year long and little rain. Along with Valencia and Castellón it forms part of the Comunidad Valenciana.

MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Playa de San Juan: The best known beach in Alicante. It is a long stretch of sand which extends from El Campello beaches to the Cabo de las Huertas. It is an open beach of fine sand. Along the promenade there is a range of different restaurants and beach bars, some of them located right on the beach. It is near Alicante Golf course

The Island of Tabarca. Located eleven nautical miles off the coast and near Cabo de Santa Polapequeño, this archipelago is composed of Tabarca, the islets of La Cantera, La Galera and La Nao. Its waters have been declared a Mediterranean Marine Reserve for its excellent quality and the biodiversity of its flora and fauna

Basilica of Santa María (14th to 16th centuries). Built in Gothic style, it was built on the old Mezquita Mayor and is the oldest church in the city

San Nicolás de Bari Cathedral (15th to 17th centuries)

Santa Faz Monastery (15th century)

Huerta de Alicante Defence Towers (15th to 17th centuries)

Casa de La Asegurada (17th century). Oldest civic building in the city, built in 1685 in Baroque style

Alicante Town Hall (18th century)

Canónigas de San Agustín Convent (18th century)

Gravina Palace (18th century)

Palacio de la Diputación Provincial de Alicante

Palacio Maisonnave- Municipal Archive (18th century)

Alicante Prinicple Theatre (19th century)

Alicante Central Market (20th century)

Fish market (20th century)

Santa Bárbara Castle

San Fernando Castle

FESTIVALS

The most important are:

San Juan bonfires: Declared of International Tourist Interest. They have their origins in the traditional burning of useless objects with the arrival of summer. From 20th – 24th June

Moors and Christians: The province’s main festival, carried out in five areas of the city on different dates. It is the spectacular staging of the reconquest of the province from the Arabs

Easter: Beginning on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter Sunday, a week of processions with the participation of around 30 fraternities and sororities.

GASTRONOMY

The localgastronomy is one of Alicante’s main tourist attractions. Highlights include the following products:

Arroz a banda, Alicante rice, the caldero (typical dish from the island of Tabarca), creamy rice and the popular olleta

Tapas and open sandwiches (montaditos) with meat and vegetables that have become popular all over the country

Savoury cakes with tuna or sardine, and the “esmorzaret alacantí” a sardine salad, with hard-boiled egg and ñora red pepper

Anise rolls, the coca boba (sweet sponge cake), dates and nuts. As well as famous desserts, such as the famous ice creams and the turrón de Jijona or the delicious chocolate from neighbouring Villajoyosa

Red wines, intense in color, the roses and the young whites made from the Monastrell, Vermeta or Garnatxa grapes and the Fondillón, aged wine famous throughout the world

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Only if you book at melia.com, a gift of 10 euros per day for you to spend in the hotel!See details>>

Only if you book at melia.com, a gift of 10 euros per day for you to spend in the hotel!See details>>

Meliá Hotels International is the world's largest resort hotel company and the largest hotel chain in Spain in both resort and city hotels. Meliá Hotels International is third in the European ranking and the twelfth largest hotel chain in the world. As well as being the resort chain in the world it is also the largest hotel company in Iberoamerica and the Caribbean. The company currently operates more than 350 hotels in 35 countries on 4 continents. Meliá Hotels International includes Melia, Tryp Hotels, Sol Hotels, Gran Melia, Innside, Paradisus Resorts and Me by Melia.